diff --git a/tiingo/api.py b/tiingo/api.py
index 20a4f18..69f2839 100644
--- a/tiingo/api.py
+++ b/tiingo/api.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import json
 import os
 import re
 import sys
-import pkg_resources
 from zipfile import ZipFile
 
 import requests